Re: Cannot override protected fields
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:44:19 -0000, DeeGoogle <k1205@hotmail.com>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
public class ParentForm {
protected String name = "ParentForm";
protected String getName(){return name;}
}
public class ChildForm extends ParentForm{
protected String name = "ChildForm"; //I am trying to override
the field value but reuse the method from parent.
}
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println((new ParentForm()).getName());
System.out.println((new ChildForm()).getName());
There is no need for two different name fields, just two different
methods. The only time you would get shadowing is by accident. So the
two fields should be treated as if they had different names.
Shadowing is a dumb idea, but when somebody does it, I have an example
to explain what happens. See
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/gotchas.html#OVERRIDE
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